..Our results highlight the transport pathways, spread mechanisms, and stowaway characteristics of lizards entering New Zealand, which could enhance current biosecurity protocols and prevent the establishment of additional lizard species...

Know when to run, know when to hide: can behavioral differences explain the divergent invasion success of two sympatric lizards?

..In addition, we emphasize how recent advances in understanding of animal personalities and individual-level behavioral variation can help elucidate the mechanisms underlying the success of stowaways...

..Overall, our findings reveal the relative roles of different climatic and geological processes, and in particular, demonstrate the importance of the Alpine Fault in the evolution of New Zealand's biota...

Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)

..Our genetic data supports a single colonisation of the North Island by O. zelandicum from the South Island, with the estimated timing of this event (0.46mya) consistent with the initial formation of Cook Strait...